Tim Maher :
two bios changes are required.
turn off secure boot
Change UEFI to legacy
find both those items in the bios and change as mentioned.
It will then boot to usb no problem
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Good answer and it works(assuming by legacy you mean CSM BOOT) BUT:-
Sorry to burst your bubble but he is still going to have problems as per my Satellite P70-A (PSPLPA) with win8.1.
At this point please understand that a Boot Windows 10 Install USB handles both BIOS and UEFI correctly.
The problems with the suggested solution are:-
1. You will boot to USB ok BUT only in BIOS mode (uses bootmgr) NOT UEFI mode (uses bootmgfw.efi)
Of course you can try deleting bootmgr from the install disk to force a UEFI boot(as some scripts have suggested) but it still errors.
2. If you are installing another Version of Windows (such as win10) then It will get to the windows setup screen and ask you the question,
"What partition do you want to install into?" Now only CPT partitions are showing, and Windows will tell you it cant install into any of them.(they arnt MBR format)
Now the crucial part here is do you want to create an obsolete PC that runs?, do part A. Or do you want UEFI (the replacement for BIOS) as your operating system, then see Part B.
Part A. Because your windows install has booted on USB as BIOS it wants MBR partitions on the disk (formated with NTSF) so you can get this by deleting every partition shown (created in win 8 as CPT needed for UEFI) and select the unallocated space and hit NEXT to install a backdated version with BIOS and forever leaving your PC in Legacy mode.
PartB. Personally I want UEFI (which is designed to replace BIOS) which formats unlimited partitions instead of max 4 as does MBR , works faster at boot and shutdown, and does not have a max of 4TB per partition. Lets face it I bought a new PC to get all that right! OK so it is all based on what WIN 10 is booted with on the USB. If UEFI worked, (which as per this forum it dosent) and Win10 booted as UEFI it appears that we can still delete every partition shown us on the windows setup screen, (possibly old MBR partitions, as well as old CPT partitions put there by window 8.1,) and select the remaining unallocated space and click NEXT. Win 10 will recognise itself running as UEFI and continue by formatting all partitions it needs as CPT, thereby giving us the latest UEFI technology PC.
My corollary is this: Toshiba machines wont allow Windows 10 to boot properly so it can choose what firmware to sync with, therefore Windows 10 wont install correctly on UEFI PC's.